Willard H. Jones, a retired member of the New York Stock Exchange, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when the taxicab in which he was riding crashed into the car in front of it, throwing Mr. Jones violently against the forward part of the cab. He was in his eightieth year.

January 31, 1931

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